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Lahore: Cop nabbed for taking bribe from complainant

Lahore: Cop nabbed for taking bribe from complainant

LAHORE: A policeinvestigator has been arrested for taking Rs10,000bribe from the complainant of a double–murdercase under duress, policeofficials said on Monday. SubInspectorMuhammadTariq, of NewAnarkaliPoliceStation, has been arrested and a case has also been registered against him on the directions of DIG (Investigations) ChaudhryShafiqueAhmed. According to an official handout issued on Monday, MuhammadArif appeared before the Investigationspolice chief and complained that his wife and son had been murdered but the investigation officer was protecting the killers. The resident of Anarkali further said he had to pay Rs10,000bribe to the officer but he was still unwilling to take legal action against the criminals.

The DIG ordered the SSP (Investigations) BabarBakhatQurashi to initiate an inquiry into the incident and report back to him within 24hours. During the inquiry, all the allegations levelled against the investigation officer were proved true. The Investigationspolice chief ordered the arrest of the officer. A case has also been registered against him.

Also, Gulshan-e-Ravi police on Monday claimed to have arrested five members of two gangs of bandits involved in several cases of robberies and streetcrimes. Police said the arrestedrobbers had confessed to 45cases of robberies during preliminary investigations. Police also claimed that 18cellularphones and illegalweapons were recovered from their possession. Further investigations were underway.

Also, a dispenser allegedly injected his 60-year-oldgrandmother to death over propertydispute in the Factoryarea, police said on Monday.

Policeinvestigators said the accused, Rizwan, had been arrested and during preliminary interrogations he had confessed to killing his grandmother, ZainabBibi, a resident of IttehadColony.